Using ice-Package for import in other systems?

Question

Hi,  we would like to import ice-packages into other applications. No specific applications are meant, but we are researching other usage possiblities for our current KM-Content.
What's the format/content of an ice-package?
How can it be read by other applications?
Thanks for your replies.
Best regards
Sandra

Answer 1

hi
An XML based distribution protocol that enables controlled distribution of information from a content provider (syndicator) to a set of subscribers (server to server)
Defines
roles and responsibilities of syndicators and subscribers
format and method for content exchange
Provides support for management and control of    syndication relationship
Catalog           A set of subscription offers. A Subscriber obtains
          a catalog from a Syndicator, and uses the offers within
          the catalog to initiate the ICE subscription protocol.
ICE/HTTP     The specific binding of the ICE protocol to the HTTP protocol.
Package          A single delivery instance of a group of items. For example,
          a single issue of a parts manual or a single set of headlines.
          A package is the atomic unit of information distribution in ICE.
Payload          A protocol structure encapsulating a set of logical ICE
          operations delivered at discrete intervals. An instance
          of an XML document formatted according to the protocol
          definitions contained in this specification.
Subscriber     One of the two parties in an ICE relationship
          (the other one being the Syndicator). The Subscriber uses
          ICE to obtain information and content from the Syndicator.
Subscription     Precise meaning directly related to the corresponding protocol
          data structure; do not confuse the usage of an agreement to
          deliver a package sequence from a Syndicator to a Subscriber.
          There may be many independent subscriptions between a
          Syndicator and a Subscriber.
Subscription offer      A proposed set of parameters for a particular subscription.
          Within ICE, the term subscription offer has the term "offer" in
          this specification with the more generic and abstract concept of
          offers in the business world sense.
Syndicator     One of the two parties in an ICE relationship (the other one
          being the Subscriber). The Syndicator uses ICE to send information
          and content to the Subscriber.
A syndicator bundles content (resources) as offers.
A subscriber requests a catalog of these offers and wishes to subscribe to one of them.
The syndicator assigns a subscription ID and accepts the subscription.
The subscriber pulls content by requesting current state of his subscription.
The syndicator answers with payloads containing packages of items and updates the  subscriber‘s state.
Create and edit offers
Assign a delivery method and an automatic delivery schedule to an offer
Admit subscribers
Allow anonymous  access to content offers
Maintain syndicator  properties (e.g. server  name,...)
Establish a connection to a syndicator
Subscribe to an offer in the content catalogue of a syndicator
Edit or delete existing subscriptions
Maintain subscriber properties.
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with regards
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